"This would be enough that it would be a major red flag ... whether the girl is telling the truth or not telling the truth ... I would be calling the cops right away," Owens said.

"OK," Ishmal replied.

"That is my question to you ... why weren't they called right away?" Owens asked.

"Because, once again, there's an investigation that has to be done," he said.

Ishmal says he wanted to conduct his own investigation before calling law enforcement.

However, Aiken County's school district website explains the protocol differently.

"School administrators will contact law enforcement authorities immediately upon notice that a person is engaging or had engaged in certain activities on school property," the website says. "Those activities are ones that result in injury or serious threat of injury."

An attorney for the Aiken County School District says Ishmal did not violate school policy by not contacting the Sheriff's Office.

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